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Ubuntu: USN-2974-1 (CVE-2016-3712): QEMU vulnerabilities

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Published

May 11, 2016

Added

May 12, 2016

Modified

Mar 27, 2026

Description

Integer overflow in the VGA module in QEMU allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and QEMU process crash) by editing VGA registers in VBE mode.

Solutions

ubuntu-upgrade-qemu-kvmubuntu-upgrade-qemu-systemubuntu-upgrade-qemu-system-aarch64ubuntu-upgrade-qemu-system-armubuntu-upgrade-qemu-system-mipsubuntu-upgrade-qemu-system-miscubuntu-upgrade-qemu-system-ppcubuntu-upgrade-qemu-system-s390xubuntu-upgrade-qemu-system-sparcubuntu-upgrade-qemu-system-x86

References

CVE-2016-3712
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2016-3712
CWE-190
DEBIAN-DLA-539-1
DEBIAN-DLA-540-1
DEBIAN-DLA-571-1
DEBIAN-DSA-3573
EUVD-EUVD-2016-4733
NVD-CVE-2016-3712
UBUNTU-USN-2974-1
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2016-4733

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